LW172 Halifax III HD-F
  
8th April1945
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  Pilot F/O D J Watson RAAF  
         
  Flight Engineer P/O R S King  
         
  Navigator F/L W A C Patterson DFC  
         
  Bomb Aimer P/O G A Halliday RAAF  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner F/O R M Gale  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner P/O A J Damm RAAF  
         
  Rear Gunner  F/O W G Flynn DFM  
       
Take off :- 19:46 Base :- RAF Driffield Mission :- Hamburg
     
Details :- On returning to base they encountered fog and whilst trying to locate the airfield flew into trees and crashed at 01:15 at Kirkburn Grange Farm, 2 miles West of the airfield.
     
F/O Watson is buried in Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.
P/O King is buried in Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-On-Sea.
F/L Patterson is buried in Hexham Cemetery.
P/O Halliday is also buried in Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.
F/O Gale is buried in Roundhay St John Churchyard.
P/O Damm is buried in Dalnottar Cemetery.
F/O Flynn is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery.
     
Picture of F/O D J Watson courtesy of Australian War Memorial.
  Picture of P/O A J Damm kindly donated by Graeme Phanco
     

 

 
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